"Madame Ramón Subercaseaux," John Singer Sargent, c. 1880-81, oil on canvas,Fayez Sarofim Collection
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Max Liebermann, "Garden Restaurant on the Havel, Nikolskoe," 1916
Photo by Klaus Gˆken
"Five Holy Men" (detail), c. 1670, signed by Riza ´Abbasi
"Meat's Not Meat Till It's in the Pan" (1915) by Charles M. Russell
"Tour Bus" by Sungsoo Koo, 2005, chromogenic photograph
From the MFAH exhibition, "The Moon"
The MFAH, the Target Collection of American Photography, gift of Target Stores
Alice Neel, "Robert Smithson" (detail)
Ishimoto Yasuhiro,"Untitled" from the series "Katsura," 1953-54
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is making its way through the ranks in recently released statistics by The Art Newspaper. Among U.S. museums, the MFAH ranks at No. 8 in attendance for 2010.
The 1.125 million attendance figure places the museum between Washington D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery and New York's heralded Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was No.1 in the U.S. rankings.
The MFAH ranking represents a slight slip from the 2009 list, where MFAH claimed the No. 7 spot. Among museum visitations worldwide, the MFAH ranked 38 in 2010, down from No. 30 in 2009. (The Louvre is No. 1 in 2010 worldwide rankings, followed by the British Museum and the Met in New York.)
Even so, Houston's presence on the global list speaks to the city's vitality as it welcomes the American Association of Museums conference in May. Notably, the Dallas Museum of Art, which ranked highly in 2009, neglected to submit the newspaper's survey in time to be considered.
Legendary rockers Styx and Kevin Cronin, lead singer of REO Speedwagon, will team up to co-headline the “Brotherhood of Rock” tour in 2025, which will include a stop at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on Friday, June 6.
The large, 40-city tour will take place over three months, starting in Greenville, South Carolina on May 28, and wrapping up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 24.
In addition to Houston, the tour will go to Austin on June 4 and Dallas on August 1. It will include special guest Don Felder, former lead guitarist for the Eagles, at all dates.
Fans can expect some of the greatest rock anthems of all time, including “Renegade,” “Keep On Loving You,” “Come Sail Away,” “Can't Fight This Feeling,” and “Hotel California.”
Styx and Cronin (as part of REO Speedwagon) first toured together in 2000 and in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, coming together to form the Rock to the Rescue 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. This will mark their sixth time joining forces on the road.
2022 was the 50th anniversary of Styx's self-titled debut album, but they have yet to slow down. The band released their 17th album, Crash of the Crown, in 2021. Of course, not everyone is a fan, as this classic clip from The Simpsons illustrates.
REO Speedwagon's recording days appear to be done, with their last album coming out in 2009, but the main group of five has been together since 1989. On this tour, Cronin will be joined by REO's lead guitarist Dave Amato and drummer Bryan Hitt.
General tickets for the tour will go on sale starting on Friday, December 13 at 10 am at LiveNation.com.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S. beginning on December 9 at 10 am through the Citi Entertainment program.
Styx and Kevin Cronin will be offering VIP packages via their own exclusive pre-sales beginning on Tuesday, December 10 at 10 am, as well as at LiveNation.com.